- Millstone, New Jersey
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See also: Millstone Township, New Jersey
Millstone, New Jersey — Borough — Map of Millstone in Somerset County. Inset: Location of Somerset County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Census Bureau map of Millstone, New Jersey
Coordinates: 40°29′58″N 74°35′28″W / 40.49944°N 74.59111°WCoordinates: 40°29′58″N 74°35′28″W / 40.49944°N 74.59111°W Country United States State New Jersey County Somerset Incorporated May 14, 1894 Government[1] – Type Borough (New Jersey) – Mayor Ray Heck Area – Total 0.7 sq mi (1.9 km2) – Land 0.7 sq mi (1.9 km2) – Water 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) Elevation[2] 62 ft (19 m) Population (2010)[3] – Total 418 – Density 597.1/sq mi (220.0/km2) Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) – Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4) ZIP code 08844 Area code(s) 908 FIPS code 34-46590[4][5] GNIS feature ID 0885302[6] Website http://www.millstoneboro.org Millstone is a Borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the borough population was 418.[3]
Millstone was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on May 14, 1894, from portions of Hillsborough Township, based on the results of a referendum held that day. The borough was reincorporated on March 12, 1928.[7]
Added in 1976, Millstone Borough is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and encompasses 58 buildings. The borough possesses a military significance for 1700–1749, 1750–1799, 1850-1874.
New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Millstone as its 7th best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.[8]
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Geography
Millstone is located at 40°29′58″N 74°35′27″W / 40.499453°N 74.590875°W (40.499453, -74.590875).[9]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km2), all of it land.
History
Millstone was briefly the county seat of Somerset County until the British burned it to the ground during the American Revolutionary War. Millstone was briefly connected to the Pennsylvania Railroad when the Mercer and Somerset Railway was extended to the town in the 1870s and connected via a bridge across the Millstone River to the Pennsylvania Railroad's Millstone and New Brunswick Railroad, but that arrangement did not last into the 1880s. Remnants of the railroad bridge can still been seen to this day.
Demographics
Historical populations Census Pop. %± 1930 187 — 1940 252 34.8% 1950 289 14.7% 1960 409 41.5% 1970 630 54.0% 1980 530 −15.9% 1990 450 −15.1% 2000 410 −8.9% 2010 418 2.0% Population 1930 - 1990.[10] As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 410 people, 169 households, and 126 families residing in the borough. The population density was 547.1 people per square mile (211.1/km2). There were 173 housing units at an average density of 230.9 per square mile (89.1/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 97.56% White, 0.98% African American, 0.98% Asian, and 0.49% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.17% of the population.
There were 169 households out of which 25.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.8% were married couples living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.9% were non-families. 18.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.79.
In the borough the population was spread out with 19.3% under the age of 18, 4.1% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 34.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females there were 99.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.3 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $76,353, and the median income for a family was $83,118. Males had a median income of $60,156 versus $36,406 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $30,694. About 3.1% of families and 4.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.4% of those under age 18 and 7.3% of those age 65 or over.
Government
Local government
Millstone is governed under the Borough form of New Jersey municipal government. The government consists of a Mayor and a Borough Council comprising six council members, with all positions elected at large. A Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The Borough Council consists of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year.[1]
The Mayor of Millstone Borough is Ray Heck. Members of the Millstone Borough Council are Council President William Poch, Joe Dempster, Carolyn Halm, Robert McCarthy, Scott Ross and Denene Smerdon.[11]
Federal, state and county representation
Millstone is in the 7th Congressional district. New Jersey's Seventh Congressional District is represented by Leonard Lance (R, Clinton Township). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Bob Menendez (D, Hoboken).
Millstone is in the 16th Legislative District of the New Jersey Legislature, which is represented in the New Jersey Senate by Christopher "Kip" Bateman (R, Neshanic Station) and in the New Jersey General Assembly by Peter J. Biondi (R, Hillsborough Township) and Denise Coyle (R, Basking Ridge).[12]
Somerset County is governed by a five-member Board of Chosen Freeholders, whose members are elected at-large to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with one or two seats coming up for election each year.[13] As of 2011, Somerset County's Freeholders are Freeholder Director Robert Zaborowski (Franklin Township, term ends December 31, 2011)[14], Freeholder Deputy Director Patricia L. Walsh (Green Brook Township, 2013)[15], Jack Ciattarelli (Hillsborough Township, 2012)[16], Peter S. Palmer (Bernardsville, 2011)[17] and Patrick Scaglione (Bridgewater Township, 2012).[18][19]
Education
Millstone has a non-operating school district. All public school students from Millstone attend school in the Hillsborough Township School District, in Hillsborough Township as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[20]
Notable residents
Notable current and former residents of Millstone include:
- Dave Gallagher (born 1960), former Major League Baseball player.[21]
- Ferdinand Schureman Schenck (1790–1860) was an American politician who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1833-1837.[22]
References
- ^ a b 2005 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, April 2005, p. 77.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Borough of Millstone, Geographic Names Information System, accessed January 4, 2008.
- ^ a b 2010 Census Data, accessed February 11, 2011.
- ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ A Cure for the Common Codes: New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed July 14, 2008.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968", John P. Snyder, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 223.
- ^ "Best Places To Live - The Complete Top Towns List 1-100", New Jersey Monthly, February 21, 2008. Accessed February 24, 2008.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ New Jersey Resident Population by Municipality: 1930 - 1990, Workforce New Jersey Public Information Network. Accessed March 1, 2007.
- ^ Millstone Borough Government: Council, Borough of Millstone. Accessed March 16, 2008.
- ^ "Legislative Roster: 2010-2011 Session". New Jersey Legislature. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/roster.asp. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
- ^ Somerset County Government: At Your Service, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed January 6, 2011.
- ^ Robert Zaborowski, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed January 9, 2011.
- ^ Patricia Walsh, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed January 9, 2011.
- ^ Jack Ciattarelli, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed January 9, 2011.
- ^ Peter S. Palmer, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed January 9, 2011.
- ^ Patrick Scaglione, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed January 9, 2011.
- ^ 2011 Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed January 9, 2011.
- ^ Somerset County School Districts-Sending/Receiving/Regional, Somerset County Superintendent of Schools. Accessed August 2, 2008.
- ^ Staff. "MERCER COUNTY COLLEGE GETS BIG-LEAGUE ADVICE WHEN COACH DAVE GALLAGHER TALKS, HIS PLAYERS LISTEN.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 14, 2000. Accessed February 2, 2011. "Gallagher said he owed it to his wife Jayne and their five children to stay close to their home in Millstone, Somerset County for a few years".
- ^ Ferdinand Schureman Schenck, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed October 22, 2007.
External links
- Millstone Borough website
- Hillsborough Township School District
- Hillsborough Township School District's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Hillsborough Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics
- National Register of Historical Places details for Millstone Historic District
Municipalities and communities of Somerset County, New Jersey Boroughs Bernardsville | Bound Brook | Far Hills | Manville | Millstone | North Plainfield | Peapack-Gladstone | Raritan | Rocky Hill | Somerville | South Bound Brook | Watchung
Townships Bedminster | Bernards | Branchburg | Bridgewater | Franklin | Green Brook | Hillsborough | Montgomery | Warren
CDPs Communities Basking Ridge | Flagtown | Franklin Park | Gladstone | Griggstown | Harlingen | Kingston | Lamington | Liberty Corner | Lyons | Martinsville | Middlebush | Neshanic | Neshanic Station | North Branch | Pleasant Plains | Pottersville | Six Mile Run | Skillman | South Branch | Weston | Zarephath
Categories:- New Jersey District Factor Group none
- National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
- Boroughs in Somerset County, New Jersey
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